14 Equity investments - Company

Investments in subsidiaries

Balance at 1 April 2015, 31 March 2016, 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017

42,585

Provision

Balance at 1 April 2015

7,885

Reversal of provision

(6,740)

Balance at 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2017

1,145

Net book value

At 1 April 2015

34,700

At 31 March 2016

41,440

At 31 March 2017

41,440

Details of principal subsidiary and associate undertakings, country of registration and principal activity are included in note 33.

All subsidiaries have a reporting date concurrent with Trifast plc, except TR Formac (Shanghai) Pte Ltd which has a reporting date of 31 December due to local regulatory requirements.

The reversal of the provision in prior year relates to TR Fastenings Inc. An impairment review was conducted using the value in use methodology and this determined that the asset is now fully recoverable.

In FY2017 the Company's investment in it's fully owned subsidiary TR Fastenings Inc was sold at cost to Trifast Overseas Holdings Ltd in a share for share exchange. This led to no change in the net book value of the equity investments held by the company.